Ten private schools in Dublin to increase fees by up to 5% [IrishTimes]
- Published: 28 August 2010
TEN private schools in Dublin are increasing their fees, despite the general fall in consumer prices across the economy.
The decision to raise fees – by almost 5 per cent in some cases – reflects strong demand by parents for private education which has been largely unaffected by the economic downturn.
Overall, the total number of students in fee-paying second-level schools this year (26,277) has dipped only marginally on last year.
For the coming academic year, fees at Loreto College on St Stephen’s Green have risen by 4.6 per cent, from €3,530 to €3,700.
Four Dublin Protestant schools: St Andrew’s in Booterstown, Wesley College in Ballinteer, High School in Rathgar and Rathdown School in Glenageary have also raised their fees. The schools in question say their budgets were severely hit by the Government’s controversial withdrawal of a shared €2.8 million support services grant in 2008.
St Andrew’s College has increased its fees from €6,020 to €6,110, a rise of 1.4 per cent. The school says cutbacks in Government funding will cost it some €700,000 in this academic year.
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